Intro, play throughout song

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Rat in a drain ditch, Caught on a limb,

A                   B      E

You know better but I know him.



Like I told you, what I said,

Steal your face right off your head.



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         B

Now he's gone, now he's gone, Lord he's gone, he's gone.

       A                 B

Like a steam locomotive, rollin' down the track

     A           E              B         A          

E

He's gone, gone, nothin's gonna bring him back...He's gone.



Nine mile skid on a ten mile ride,

Hot as a pistol but cool inside.

Cat on a tin roof, dogs in a pile,

Nothin' left to do but smile, smile, smile!!!!



Now he's gone, now he's gone Lord he's gone, he's gone.

Like a steam locomotive, rollin' down the track

He's gone, gone, nothin's gonna bring him back...He's gone.



B               D                  A

Goin' where the wind don't blow so strange,

B                 D                  A

Maybe off on some high cold mountain chain.

D                      A            G

Lost one round but the prize wasn't anything,

  D            Dm       A           B

A knife in the back and more of the same.



Same old, rat in a drain ditch, caught on a limb,

You know better but I know him.

Like I told you, what I said,

Steal your face right off your head.



Now he's gone, now he's gone Lord he's gone, he's gone.

Like a steam locomotive, rollin' down the track

He's gone, gone, nothin's gonna bring him back...He's gone.



Ooh, nothin's gonna bring him back.